The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-12-24
OXYGEN AND NITROGEN
As Therapeutic Age Is in the-Treat-
ment a Pul nOnary and other
Chronic Diseases.

III use ioNygen tnd nitrogen gas In advanced
therapeutics j. no longer an experiment.
knowing there exists demand on the part Of
the profession for a preparation ~ oxygen that
has real thenpeutical merit would espectfully
call your attention 20 WalOns oxygen and
Nitrogen Compound.
Before stating what oxygen compound is, I'm
order 10 have the matter properly understood IL
Is necessary for me 10 state That IL is not Com.
pound Oxygen
During the east few years The papers and jour-
mails, secular, religious AMI scientific al over
the country. have compound oxygen. i'm which Il
man.
Tue extensive sale Of the oxygen home treat.
ment and astonishing claims made for Il have
induced many chemists and physicians to INQUIRE
INTO IT. alleged virtues. ami deersine the ingre-
lienn which compose IT, The fOrmula OF both
the home and Office tres tment have been pub
lished In various journals Boston Journal of
Chemistry, Medical Record The Health Record,
and Others)
"Dr. walian, who has carefully investigated
the subject says: some enterprising but unscrup.
ulOus pretenders 'discoyered in this gas the
so-called oNygenized air which some years ago
was 50 extensively advertised as a cure-sl
Rights 70 manufacture and administer Il CD were
sOli Tor round sum, the process OF generating IL
being bungngly disguised by the addition of
ferric carbonate or other inert cOlOring material
10 the ammonium nitrate used. Even 20 this day
a firm In Philadelphia is still harping on the
miraculous alchemy of Compound Oxygen Home
Treatment which is a bare faced SWinde being
nothing more than weak solution ofammonium
muriate ana - CrOiX rum, (sOme adding also
chlOrate OF potash) II must be admitted that
in connection with some wholesome hygienio
rules persisteuty inculCated by these sdyeftising
professional outlaws have performed some the.
raupeutc as well as moral wonders by its aid"
Ady0ntsge j. taken OF the fact that the people
are tired Of being drugged and the apparatus
which is sent 10 their patients being more tangi.
bic than dose OF medicine, Is sure 10 produce at
least two results, one Of which Is 10 inspire the
patient with hope, the other that IL gives the
patient something 10 do; In other words il keeDs
the mind employed.
The objections to compound oxygen are:
IfWl - mo- 81 D. Ftf tfHfrs.
2. That the handling OF the substance bearing
| this n tmc has been confined almost entirely 10
persons without any knowledge of medicine or
other qualifications requisite 10 the administra-
| tsOn OF snch an agent
3, That the formula has been retained as a
! secret which was only made known tor pecuniary
considerations.
4. That it has been advertised in an unpro.
/ fessional, not 10 say unprincipled, manner
Nalton,s oxygen aud Nitrogen compound Is
| composed oi two atoms Of oxygen and one OF
nitrogen Either Of these elements, when used
| separately, are without special therapeutical
| merit IL certainly was never intended by ma.
| ture that we should use pure oxygen alone. IL
4 l. too powerful an OXidizing agent and the ther-
! apeutical results obtained by its use have never
/ been n satisfactory when used singly, a. when
| combined with certain equivalent OF nitrogen.
| The two elements, however, when combined I'm
| these proportions produce compound Of siugu.
| Ia" therapeutic merit.
1t is an established fact that oxygen Is the most
/ pert Ct antiscptc known for in an atmosphere of
oxygen II is impossible tor disease germs TO exist
matter Is placed IN bell glass containing an at
mosphere Of oxygen, the p ocess Of decay be-
comes speedily arrested. Hence It's applicability
! in disease affecting the respiratory organs
! This Compound not only acts as an antiseptic,
! but SO acts on the respiratory muscles as TO COM
pei the patient 10 breathe properly. In fact there
! are but few persons who breathe as they should.
Many authors claim that inrPeI rect Breathing Is
! a cause of a large percentage of bronchial trou.
! bles. Residual air remaining over from one in,
spiratiUn to another eXCites irritation subsequent
/ Inflammation, which becomes prolific field for
/ the development OF disease germs.
The Compound compels the patient 10 take
/ deep inspirations, thus eXpelling all residue air
When once the disease has been established.
either from imperfect ecration or whatever cause
/ believe the oxygen and Nitrogen Compound
because of It's antSeptic qualities will arrest the
/ development of disease and render the soil bar.
/ rCn for germ growth. Ifthe BACILLUS TUBERCU,
LOsIs is the essential factor in the DEVELOPMENT
/ of phthisis, then we have in this agent an efn.
! cient germicide and an antdote.